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Baseline and longitudinal determinants of survival in end-stage renal disease: A joint longitudinal-survival analysis.

Key takeaways

This study looked at 330 people on dialysis in Iran. It found that tracking blood markers over time helps predict who will survive. This shows a link between these markers and survival, but it is not proof of cause.

Who did this work

Looha MA (Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.) · Shokri A (Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.) · Yasari F (Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.) · Mohammadhasanshirazi N (Department of Accounting, College of Business, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA.) · Kazemi M (Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.) · Alipour A (Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.) · Khodakarim S (Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.)

Source

Article · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-10-14
https://doi.org/10.4103/sjkdt.sjkdt_204_22